TELEGRAM TO THE SOVNARKOM OF THE PETROGRAD LABOUR COMMUNE

Written:Written on April 1, 1918Published:First published in 1959 inLenin Miscellany XXXVI.

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Chairmanof the Sovnarkomof the Petrograd Labour Commune

Inaccordance with your statement by telephone we
expect the immediate and formal withdrawal of the Red
Guard detachments, which, though few in number, enteredFinland against the wishes of the Soviet authorities. We
insist that a formal decision to this effect should be passed
by the Sovnarkom of the Petrograd Commune. We urgently
request to be informed immediately of the full text of
this decision.

LeninChairman, Council of People’s Commissars